Series: Relationships and Resources

Recent years have seen a concern with how family and community
relationships have changed across the generations, whether for
better or worse, and particularly how they have been affected by
social and economic developments. But how can we think about and
research the nature of the present in relation to the past and vice
versa? Researching Families and Communities: Social and
Generational Change explores the concepts and perspectives that
guide research and the methods used to explore change during the
last half of the twentieth century and into the new millennium. It
highlights the complexities of continuities alongside change, the
importance of the perspectives that shape investigation, and the
need to engage with situated data. This edited text includes
contributions from experts in their field who: address these
overarching trends explore the possibilities and practice of
secondary analysis or replication studies, as well as longitudinal
large scale data sets discuss varied aspects of family and
community life, including sexuality, ethnicity, parenting
resources, older people, intergenerational family life, solo living
and many others. This book will appeal to academics and students
interested in family and community across a range of social science
disciplines, and to those in the social research field.